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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
	Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>,
	ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@chenxiaosong.com>,
	Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@kernel.org>,
	Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>,
	Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trondmy@kernel.org>,
	netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
	ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, v9fs@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+7227db0fbac9f348dba0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	Deepanshu Kartikey <Kartikey406@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/26] netfs: Fix NULL pointer dereference in netfs_unbuffered_write() on retry
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:45:16 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326104544.509518-2-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260326104544.509518-1-dhowells@redhat.com>

From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>

When a write subrequest is marked NETFS_SREQ_NEED_RETRY, the retry path
in netfs_unbuffered_write() unconditionally calls stream->prepare_write()
without checking if it is NULL.

Filesystems such as 9P do not set the prepare_write operation, so
stream->prepare_write remains NULL. When get_user_pages() fails with
-EFAULT and the subrequest is flagged for retry, this results in a NULL
pointer dereference at fs/netfs/direct_write.c:189.

Fix this by mirroring the pattern already used in write_retry.c: if
stream->prepare_write is NULL, skip renegotiation and directly reissue
the subrequest via netfs_reissue_write(), which handles iterator reset,
IN_PROGRESS flag, stats update and reissue internally.

Fixes: a0b4c7a49137 ("netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO writes to dispatch subrequests in strict sequence")
Reported-by: syzbot+7227db0fbac9f348dba0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7227db0fbac9f348dba0
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <Kartikey406@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
 fs/netfs/direct_write.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/direct_write.c b/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
index dd1451bf7543..4d9760e36c11 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
@@ -186,10 +186,18 @@ static int netfs_unbuffered_write(struct netfs_io_request *wreq)
 		stream->sreq_max_segs	= INT_MAX;
 
 		netfs_get_subrequest(subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_get_resubmit);
-		stream->prepare_write(subreq);
 
-		__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_IN_PROGRESS, &subreq->flags);
-		netfs_stat(&netfs_n_wh_retry_write_subreq);
+		if (stream->prepare_write) {
+			stream->prepare_write(subreq);
+			__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_IN_PROGRESS, &subreq->flags);
+			netfs_stat(&netfs_n_wh_retry_write_subreq);
+		} else {
+			struct iov_iter source;
+
+			netfs_reset_iter(subreq);
+			source = subreq->io_iter;
+			netfs_reissue_write(stream, subreq, &source);
+		}
 	}
 
 	netfs_unbuffered_write_done(wreq);


  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-26 10:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-26 10:45 [PATCH 00/26] netfs: Keep track of folios in a segmented bio_vec[] chain David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 02/26] netfs: Fix kernel BUG in netfs_limit_iter() for ITER_KVEC iterators David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 03/26] netfs: fix VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() issue in netfs_write_begin() call David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 04/26] netfs: fix error handling in netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 05/26] netfs: Fix read abandonment during retry David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 06/26] netfs: Fix the handling of stream->front by removing it David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 07/26] cachefiles: Fix excess dput() after end_removing() David Howells
     [not found]   ` <CA+yaA_=gpTnueByzFNYrqNL_qSC2rE4iGDjLHtJap-=_rhE3HQ@mail.gmail.com>
2026-03-26 11:10     ` David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 08/26] cachefiles: Don't rely on backing fs storage map for most use cases David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 09/26] mm: Make readahead store folio count in readahead_control David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 10/26] netfs: Bulk load the readahead-provided folios up front David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 11/26] Add a function to kmap one page of a multipage bio_vec David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 12/26] iov_iter: Add a segmented queue of bio_vec[] David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 13/26] netfs: Add some tools for managing bvecq chains David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 14/26] netfs: Add a function to extract from an iter into a bvecq David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 15/26] afs: Use a bvecq to hold dir content rather than folioq David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 16/26] cifs: Use a bvecq for buffering instead of a folioq David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 17/26] cifs: Support ITER_BVECQ in smb_extract_iter_to_rdma() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 18/26] netfs: Switch to using bvecq rather than folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 19/26] cifs: Remove support for ITER_KVEC/BVEC/FOLIOQ from smb_extract_iter_to_rdma() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 20/26] netfs: Remove netfs_alloc/free_folioq_buffer() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 21/26] netfs: Remove netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 22/26] iov_iter: Remove ITER_FOLIOQ David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 23/26] netfs: Remove folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 24/26] netfs: Check for too much data being read David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 25/26] netfs: Limit the the minimum trigger for progress reporting David Howells
2026-03-26 14:19   ` ChenXiaoSong
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 26/26] netfs: Combine prepare and issue ops and grab the buffers on request David Howells

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